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large cleavage. Her swathe of thick, rich brown hair
fell over one shoulder and she flicked it over her back as she turned to Caine
with a possessive, pleased smile.
    Julie
wasn’t sure the emotion that raged through her belly like fire but she didn’t
like it. Didn’t like it either the way Caine smiled back at the girl and patted
her hand on his arm. Then he led them to the other end of the bar to order
drinks.
    “I
didn’t know Caine had a girlfriend,” Julie said before she could stop herself.
She’d meant to say something casual but instead stood the risk of sounding like
a jealous, scorned twit.
    “Oh,
that’s not his girlfriend. That’s just Darcy. She’s…well, maybe at one time,
she’d have been a love interest but it never really happened. Now they’re just
friends.”
    Julie
found that hard to believe but she didn’t voice it out. Instead she nodded and
buried her nose in her drink and wished she wasn’t acting so stupid. After all,
she was here with someone else; the last thing she should be doing was feeling
pissed off at Caine for hanging out with some other girl. A girl who seemed to
be leaning far too close to him as they waited for their order. Just then, Caine
looked up, caught her gaze and smiled in recognition. Ryan waved him over and
he excused himself from his companion to make his way over in easy, long
strides.
    “My
favorite girl,” Caine said in greeting as he bent to kiss her cheek which
already grew hot from his presence.
    “Oh,
I think you already have your hands full,” Julie blurted, and then chewed hard
on her lip in mortification. Damn, damn and damn! Now he’d know she was
jealous. He merely grinned and turned to the equally smiling Ryan.
    “You
didn’t tell Julie about Darcy?” Caine asked, eyebrows arched.
    Ryan
shrugged. “Julie knows deep down that when it comes to her, there’s really no
competition. But I did let her know that Darcy wasn’t anything to worry about.”
    “Good.
But I think Julie knows in her heart how it stands.” Caine’s smile tilted
sexily and Julie couldn’t help the way her toes wanted to curl inside her
shoes. Was Caine for real? He was actually flirting with her in front of Ryan!
And Ryan didn’t seem to mind in the slightest. Julie blushed furiously, the
heat creeping up to the surface of her dark skin as she thought of that dream
and how both of them had taken delight in bringing her to an unforgettable
climax. She could visualize it even clearer now and it sent chills of wanton
excitement down her spine. Their strange exchange made her confused and she
wondered if she wasn’t beginning to lose it. Her months-long state of celibacy
was perhaps beginning to catch up on her. She needed air.
    Escape
was all she could think of right then, so she quickly stood and mumbled an
excuse about needing to use the ladies room.
    “Are
you alright?” Ryan asked with deep concern, his arm closing lightly around her
shoulders. She nodded quickly, gave him and Caine a small smile and then rushed
from the bar before she made more of a fool of herself. She needed to be more
in control of her emotions by the time she got back.
    Both
men watched her go and it was impossible to hide the glow of need on their
faces. “This is going to be tougher than I imagined. I mean, taking things
slow,” Caine said, not peeling his eyes away till Julie was out of sight. She
looked like a delightful treat tonight, wearing another dress, black this time
with just two straps holding it up. He liked a woman comfortable in her own
skin enough to keep things feminine. He could still smell the shampoo of her
hair and the cocoa butter fragrance of her skin. He felt his cock stir
remembering how the dusky glow of her skin had called out for his lips to trace
each contour from her throat to her shoulder.
    “I
know how you feel, man,” Ryan replied meaningfully. “Breaking the ice is just
one step. Getting to convince her she doesn’t have to choose will be